Breaking Ground

Canadian Theatre Review ◽

10.3138/ctr.187.002 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 187 ◽

pp. 6-9

Author(s):

Chris Dupuis

Keyword(s):

Selection Process ◽

Early Years ◽

Tomson Highway ◽

Gradual Introduction ◽

Lottery System

This text is an interview by Chris Dupuis with Benj Gallander, Greg Holmgren, Robert Sherwood, Ben Stadelmann, and Carol Pauker, the founders of the SummerWorks Festival. The team first assembled after being unable to secure slots at the Toronto Fringe Festival, with the idea of starting an alternative summer theatre event that would offer space to artists unable to get into the Fringe. They discuss the first conversations around launching the event through its early years, including the challenges of starting from scratch and running the project collectively and the various triumphs and failures they experienced. They outline changes in the selection process, the move from a first come, first served, model to a lottery system similar to the Fringe, and the gradual introduction of curation through the Parallel Lab initiative. Finally, they discuss how the festival shaped them personally and the event’s lasting impacts on the Toronto theatre sector. The text also includes references the late eighties Toronto theatre scene, including Tomson Highway, Hillar Littoja, and Buddies in Bad Times.

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Neurobiologic Considerations in Early Surgery for Epilepsy

Journal of Child Neurology ◽

10.1177/0883073894009002071 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 9 (2_suppl) ◽

pp. 2S42-2S49 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Michael Duchowny ◽

Bonnie Levin ◽

Prasanna Jayakar ◽

Trevor J. Resnick

Keyword(s):

Selection Process ◽

Early Years ◽

Early Surgery ◽

Onset Seizure ◽

Dynamic Changes ◽

Term Outcome ◽

Long Term Outcome ◽

Developmental Arrest ◽

Long Term Prognosis

Children with well-localized medically resistant seizures are often referred for surgical therapy. In young children, at least three maturational issues playa significant role in the selection process and long-term outcome. First, the early years are a time of exceptionally rapid brain development leading to dynamic changes in the electroencephalogram and the clinical expression of seizures. Many early-onset seizure presentations are also associated with catastrophic outcomes, developmental arrest, or regression. Second, the immature limbic system may be vulnerable to stresses operating in early life, although the consequences may not become apparent for many years. Third, in comparison to the adult, the child's nervous system typically exhibits superior functional recovery after lesioning, but the process of sparing and recovery is often incomplete. An understanding of how these neurobiologic factors influence developmental outcome will ultimately lead to greater selectivity of candidates for early surgery and to improved long-term prognosis. (J Child Neurol 1994;9(Suppl):2S42-2S49).

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O processo de seleção do livro didático de Ciências dos Anos Iniciais do Ensino Fundamental: percepções dos professores da Rede Pública Municipal de Cascavel/PR /The teachers' view on the selection process of the science textbook of the early years of elementary school of the municipal public network of Cascavel/PR

Ensino em Re-Vista ◽

10.14393/er-v25n2a2018-5 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 345-368

Author(s):

Prescila Daga Moreira Sgarioni ◽

Dulce Maria Strieder

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Selection Process ◽

Early Years ◽

Science Textbook ◽

Public Network

Neste artigo é discutido o processo de seleção dos livros didáticos de Ciências para os anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental, tendo como campo de investigação e análise a Rede Pública Municipal de Ensino de Cascavel/PR. A perspectiva foi de analisar a participação dos professores e suas percepções a respeito deste processo. Para tanto, a metodologia da pesquisa contou com a abordagem documental, bibliográfica e de campo sendo esta por meio de questionário como instrumento de coleta, entregue aos 80 professores regentes dos 5º anos das 50 escolas urbanas municipais pesquisadas. Em linha gerais, a análise indicou que a participação dos professores no processo de seleção dos livros didáticos, transcorreu de forma tímida e aligeirada, num curto período de tempo, apesar dos gestores locais terem seguido as orientações do Ministério da Educação e almejado o envolvimento dos professores e demais profissionais atuantes no processo de ensino e aprendizagem.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Livro Didático - Ensino de Ciências - Processo de seleção.

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Minimal Factionalism in Singapore’s People’s Action Party

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs ◽

10.1177/1868103420932684 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 124-143

Author(s):

Netina Tan

Keyword(s):

Selection Process ◽

Early Years ◽

Candidate Selection ◽

Critical Junctures ◽

The World ◽

Party Line ◽

Party Switching

Singapore’s People’s Action Party (PAP) is one of the longest ruling parties in the world. The PAP’s ability to avoid overt factionalism over the years is exceptional, especially compared to the region’s personalistic or cadre parties. In recent years, the defection of former PAP cadre Dr. Tan Cheng Bock and the formation of the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) and PM Lee Hsien Loong’s family rivalry, which involved PAP elites, have challenged the cohesion of the PAP. This study examines a set of incentives and constraints institutionalised at the party and national levels to foster elite cohesion. It is argued that the critical junctures in the PAP’s early years led to the adoption of a cadre party model and a centralised candidate selection process that co-opts like-minded elites into a core that promotes elite unity. Nationally, party switching and factional alignments based on ethnicity or ideology have been systematically banned. Given the lack of credible alternatives that seriously challenge the incumbent PAP, ambitious party cadres would do better toeing the party line and staying loyal.

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Access to Trade Justice: Fixing NAFTA's Flawed State-to-State Dispute Settlement Process

World Trade Review ◽

10.1017/s147474561800006x ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 63-79 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

SIMON LESTER ◽

INU MANAK ◽

ANDREJ ARPAS

Keyword(s):

Dispute Settlement ◽

Selection Process ◽

Trade Agreement ◽

Early Years

AbstractWithout a properly functioning dispute process, the obligations in a trade agreement may not be worth much. As part of the NAFTA renegotiation, the NAFTA parties should try to fix certain flaws in the NAFTA Chapter 20 dispute settlement process that emerged a few years after NAFTA came into force. Chapter 20 was used regularly in its early years, but usage dropped considerably after panel selection was blocked in a case involving US restrictions on Mexican sugar. In this paper, we examine recent innovations on panel selection in the TPP, CETA, and JEEPA dispute provisions, and draw from those to develop principles that can guide revisions to the NAFTA Chapter 20 panel selection process.

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The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x13009850 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 38 (01) ◽

pp. 102-129

Author(s):

ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽

EUDALD CORTINA ORERO

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

El Salvador ◽

Early Years ◽

Left Wing ◽

Internal Dynamics ◽

Internal Coherence ◽

The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

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Image quality vs data obtainment in biological electron microscopy

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100141950 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 44 ◽

pp. 42-43

Author(s):

J. E. Johnson

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽

Electron Beam ◽

Image Quality ◽

High Speed ◽

Early Period ◽

Early Years ◽

Fluorescent Screen ◽

Embedding Medium

In the early years of biological electron microscopy, scientists had their hands full attempting to describe the cellular microcosm that was suddenly before them on the fluorescent screen. Mitochondria, Golgi, endoplasmic reticulum, and other myriad organelles were being examined, micrographed, and documented in the literature. A major problem of that early period was the development of methods to cut sections thin enough to study under the electron beam. A microtome designed in 1943 moved the specimen toward a rotary “Cyclone” knife revolving at 12,500 RPM, or 1000 times as fast as an ordinary microtome. It was claimed that no embedding medium was necessary or that soft embedding media could be used. Collecting the sections thus cut sounded a little precarious: “The 0.1 micron sections cut with the high speed knife fly out at a tangent and are dispersed in the air. They may be collected... on... screens held near the knife“.

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